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Americut Spot Cotton Strict Middling 28 l-4c. • N. Y. Futures Jan. Oct. Dec. Prev. Close 28.48 29.55 28.95 Open 28.50 29.00 29.08 11 am 28.44 29.35 28.92 Close 28.29 29.20 28.80 FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 248 2 THEATRICAL MEN CHARGED WITH Legion Delegates Oppose U. S. Recognition Os Russian Soviet COIMITHE DEMANDS ANNUAL REHSTRATION OF ALIENS 111 AMIGA Report Submitted to Delegates On Floor of Convention At Today’s Session HIGH LIGHTSJOF MEETING Pure Americanism Is Keynote of Report Submitted By Important Committee SAN FRANCISCO, October 18. —Opposition to recognition of Soviet Russia and a demand for an nual egistration of all aliens in the United States formed the high lights of the American Legion’s Amei'ieaniation committee report, submitted to the floor of the con vention today, win™ FILES DJVBPCE SUIT Charges Desertion By His Wife To Whom He Was Married During 1908 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18.—Ed ward Wyman, better known as Eddie Polo motion picture artist has filed suit against Pearl E. Wy man, charging desertion. They were married in 1908, ac cording to the complaint. llbyoW RESUMES SMIK All Evidence of Cold Gone, Former Premier Renews Lecture Efforts / CiHUAGO, Oct. 18.—Former Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, after two days here, re sumed his American tour, leaving for Springfield, 111., today. His physieial condition appeared to be greatly improved and there is little evidence of his cold. CROP CONDITIONS GOOD SAYS CAP!. DAVIDSON ATLANTA, Oct. 18.—That crop conditions in middle and south Georgia are not gloomy or bad is indicated by comment today from two planters from those sections of the state. Former State Senator Joe Da vidson, of Fort Valley, says in his section cotton production will be very far from disappointing, and on some of’ the farms the yield will run about a bale to every two acres. This production, Mr. Davidson says, w"''. rot nt any particularly heavy expense, but resulted from last and close working and the farmers in that .section found this year that frequent plowing, attachment of a stick to the end of the single-tree, so arranged as to knock the cotton stalks both dislodged and destroyed the weevils as fast as they got into squares. This process followed closely in each plowing—sometimes twice a week—by picking up the squares, kept the weevil pretty well out of the crop. Dr. A. H. Carter, of Alma, for mer members of the house of rem resentatives, while visiting the pris on commision on business, said the average crop condition in''bis sec tion of the state is really better than it has been in several years, and some of the farmers there are going to de oven better this year than a bale to two acres, but those especially well favored one.; are in spots only. ‘POPPY LADY’ WANTS ‘TAPS’ SOUNDED DAILY ATHENS, October 18.—Miss Moina Michael, of the far u.y of the State Norms! School, who is Known as the “Poppy Lady of America, Lfccause ft was she who first sug gested the flower as a memorial to the heroes of world \var and who wrote the answer to Col. Mcßae’s ■ pbem, “Wo Shall Not Sleep,’’ has ; suggested the idea of having- a bu- | gjar blow taps over the grave ofJ the unknown soldier in Arlingtorr cemetery every afternoon at sun-1 set. Her suggestion is that- the war department either designate a sol dier, a veteran of the world war, or that congress appropriate a fund to maintain a bugler for this; purpose, still selected from ranks | o4‘ the world war veterans. Miss Michael is now at-San Fran-' cjsco with the Georgia delegation for the American Legion conven-1 tton and it is possible that her idea, will be acted upom,before. the next, convention meets in 1924. During the war Miss Micheal did | V. M. C. A. work and was prepar- I ing to sail for France when the I punistice cwne, SCHLEY PLANTER SUED BY COTTON ASSO. won HD COWL; STMT PROBE INTO POWER DIFHCULTIES Much of Wednesday Night’s Meeting Consumed In Dis cussion of Situation HARRIS TO GO IN MATTER Will First Consult With Power Officials Before Appealing To State Commission Much of the time of the Mayor ■ and Council Wednesday night was occupied in discussing way and means of obviating the interrup tions of lighting service by the lo- j cal power company. The light committee, of which J. I W. Harris, Jr., is chairman, was in-I structed to go into the matter I with the power officials at once; and find a means of remedying the 1 situation immediately. . It was stated today by Mr. Harris that the council will endeavor to arrive at a solution! with the power officials, and if not successful, that the matter will be carried to the GeOigia public service commission. "The people are absolutely out of patience,’ said Mr. Harris, “and ’ something must be done at once by the power company. We will not tolerate this condition longer.” Mr. Harris said, in answer to a question, that under no condition would the mayor and council con sider any proposition from the power company to pump city water under present conditions. “We can’t take any such risk,’ he said. “Water might or might not be in I the tower when we needed it.’’ I “We hope to find an immediate solution for this condition,” con tinued Mr. Harris, “but failing we > shall carry our troubles to the Georgia Public Service commission and request them to force the com pany to keep un steam or do what . ever is necessary to give our peo ple electricity in an uninterrupt ed flow.” City Engineer Wheatley re quested R. P. Ewing, district man ager of the Americus Lighting Company, a statement regarding the reasons for the suspension of service on October 15 and 16. Mr. Ewing wrote Mr. Wheatley as, fol which was read before council last “Mr. Charles Wheatley, City Engineer, Americus, Ga. i Dear Sir: “In accordance with your re ; quest, I am giving you the fol lowing statements of the causes ■ of the recent interruptions of electric service here in Ameri cus. ; “The interruption on October . 15th. from 5:00 to 6:00 F. M., was due to two telephone poles of a private telephone line be ing thrown across our 44,000 volt transmission line at Forrester, I Ga., by the section crew of- the Ct’S;al of Georgia Railway. “The dnterrupition which oc . curred on October 16th, was due to the explosion of an oil switch on the Americus switch board, through which the current is received from Albany. This switch was repaired and placed „in service at 8:00 P. M. An effort was made to oper ate the steam plant, but-before it could be made to operate sat isfactorily the necessary repairs had been made which permitted J us to. use the hydro-electric power. “A force of men are at work today inspecting and testing the various equipment at the steam plant, with ah idea of making special arrangements, which will assist us in getting this plant in operation in a shorter length of time. Yours very truly, “ AMERICUS LIGHTING CO.. ‘‘By R. P. Ewing. Dist. Mgr.’ Thursday Mr. Wheatley said that he was going “further into the explanation of the power com pany,” and would have a report for the water and light committee la ter in the day or tomorrow. It is understood that Mr. Whgaley will endeavor to find out why the steam plant was not in shape to operate satisfactorily on Oct. 15 and 16. , Manager Kincey, of the Rylan-. i der Theatre, is among many others I who are demanding immediate ac- I tion to remedy the suspensions of Afgrvice. He said that his patience Bias at an end, that he was taking steps to protect his patrons: that I in the interruptions this week alone, he had been damaged $l5O or more at the box office and that he ex pected to demand of the lighting company that he be' reimbursed to ’ this extent. "We shall leave no stone unturn led.” Mr. Kincey said, “to protect ' out patrons. They come here for I a continuous performance, and this 'wp are gojng to give them, is l - thpre is any way to force tho light ing company to give us uninten upt- I ed service. . “Our patience is at an end. We have borne patiently the interrup- Itions of the past. While the niyucyuny loss is great, still .it is ' TH E TIMESURECOR DER PUBLISHED IN THE HEARTOF INPAGED WOMEN IM 108 STORMING W BUILDINGS 111 RUHR j Administration Structure Badly Damaged By Mob De manding Food FOOD SHOPS ARE RAIDED Farms and Stores Selling Food- Stuffs Looted By Hungry , Workers In Mobs GELSENKIRCHEN,, Ruhr Vai, ley, Oct. 18.—A .mob of women at tacked and badly damaged the ad ministration building of the Lannes mann Iron Works here. [ the assault was In protest I against non-payment of wages due Ito the husbands of the women. The I women also raided the food shops land visited nearby farms searching j for food. DEATH FOLLOWS RIOT. MANHEIM, Germany, Oct. 18. —From six to eig’ht persons are re ported dead and as many others wounded as a result of yesterday’s food riots here. NE»' YORK MY GET NfTIONAL CONVENTION Cleveland Withdraws From Con test In Favor of New York NEW YORK, Oct; 18.—Cleve land has withdrawn from a race 1 to get the "'Cational Democratic 1 con vention, John R. Young, secretary of the commitee that is trying to get it for New York has announced Chicago withdrew several weeks ago, he said. goodleatsavailable FOR FASHION SHOW Every Detail Complete For Event Tomorrow Night— Gallery For Whites Only Everything is ready for the Fashion Show tomorrow night. All models have been selected and have have consented to appear on the stage in their several parts. All costumes have arrived and the display as seen by a few is said to eclipse any showing ever at tempted here before. The seat sale at the Rylander theater guarantees a packed house. While most of the ochestra seats have already been taken up, at press time today there were still some good seats to be had, particul early in the boxes and near the Dont. _ > lhe gallery, with unreserved seats, for white people only will be opened at 7 o’clock Friday night. Admission is 25 cents, plus the war tax of three cents. “We still have good seals,” Manager Kincey said over the phone, “but reservation should be madei immediately. Indi cations are that by 7:30 Friday night, only standing room will be available.. A complete dress rehersal is scheduled Friday at 2 p. m. Walter Cage announced today, and all models and others are requested at the theater promptly at that . hour. A number of men will.be en gaged all Friday morning in dec orating the stage. These decora tions are more elaborate than any heretofore. Believe It Or Not VALDOSTA, Oct. 17. Some negroes, on the Jack Staten place killed a rattlesnake last Saturday and chopped its head off. The repij. tile was hung over a wire fenced but it kept writhing until it worlytd its way off. Then it crawled about : ten set from the fence and went I into a coil. The negroes were very much mystified by the antics of the headless reptile. the inconvenience and annoyance to our patrons that looms largest in our minds, and it is to protect them principally that we /shall 1 make every effort to make the lighting company give us uninter rupted service.’’ _ c AMERICUS, “GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1923 u —«■* _ - . - .‘ . WHA T’S I GOING ON IN THE WORLD MUSCLE SHOALS OKLAHOMA LABOR GERMANY By chaxLes p. Stewart NEA Service Wriltr. A controversy has started be tween Henry Ford and Secretary of War Weeks which promises to count a lot in politics. herd blames Weeks for his- fail- ure to get Mucle Shoals. Not that he cares, Fori ays, True, he I thinks Weeks meant to injure im, bui the fact is he;, has water ower enough. No I he remarks, “it is I ot me that Weeks I has anything to xplain; let him ex ains to the farm ers.” i 1 1 hat is, Ford declared, the thing lor which the Shoals really are valuable is to supply the farmers with cheap fertilizer. Yr.d this, he predicts, if “Weeks' friends” get them, is just what they won’t use them tor They can afford, he says, to pay all its’ worth for the prop erty, in order to let it stay idle, so as to “retain the endless inillicns they now make through exhorbit ant prices of power and fertilizer.’’ « •-» SECRETARY WEEK’S REPLY. Weeks thought this statement by Ford worth a visit to President Coolidge right away. Then he is sued an answer. "Reckless asser tions” on Ford’.; part was its key note. His rep'y, Weeks added would have been “hotter if 1 were able to speak as a private citizen.” » » » GRAFT CHARGES MADE. The Oklahoma legislature final ly met in special session. It was called by Governor Walton to con sider anti-Ku Klux laws, but many people thought an' attempt to impeach Walton would come first Instead, a huge graft scandal came to the force. A debate started in which it was charged official cor ruption has been rampant ever since the state was admitted. An in vestigation’s io begin at or.ce. » * ♦ FEDERATION OF LABOR. lhe American Federation of La bor, in session at Portland,’ Ore., re-elected Samuel Gompers presi dent, after vigorously repudiating the views of the “red” element wluch (itnipers accused of ‘boring from within.” * * ♦ WETS AND DRYS. The labor federation also vested overwhelmingly for beer and light wirie. Bootleggers were de nounced by President D,Allesendro ot the International Hodcarriprs, Building and Common Laborers, Un ion, as among prohibition’s strong est supporters. W. P. Clark, spokes man for the. Flint Qlass Workers’ Union, dec’lared whiskey glass manufacture has enjoyed a boom since pre-prohi:bition days. ♦ * * IN THE RUHR. When Germany surrendered to France in the Ruhr she thought. • France would be ready to settlement. However, France there’s nothing to discuss. Just go back to work, she told the ’Ruhr people. i I'rance seems to have two/ in mind: ' • 1 1— To arrange as she wants them, avoiding >a debate which England might try to break into. ’ 2To arrange matters as she wants them ayoiding a debate which England might try to break into. ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ ASKS MORE POWER iTiis leaves Germany in as had if she hadn’t surrendered. The Reichstag has voted a dicta- Ltor’s power to Chancellor Stress mrnn in the hppe that he may hold the empire together thus. Food riots are rampant throughout Ger many. MELLON CALLS DEBT COMMISSION SATURDAY WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Secre tary Mellon called the debt com mission to meet Saturday, Octob er 20, but declined to discuss what will be the subjects to be consider ed aside from the annual report of the conunisson to be given. HOW INOKF I GIVES TESTIMONY 111 STOKES TRIAL I Witness Asserts He Saw Accus ed Woman in Apartment With His Friend RECOGNIZEDWALLACE Mrs. Stokes been On Stairway Leading To Apartment of Co respondent, He Says NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Horace Knowles, formerly In diplomatic service of the United States in Rumania, Bulgaria, Bolivia and Peru and now a practicing attor ney testified in the Stokes divorce ti.-l rtiat.pe saw Mrs. Stokes in 1914 in the apartment of Edgar T. Wallace, co-respondent. The wit ness said he knew Wallace and had visited the man with whom Wallace shared his apartment. He declared in- saw Mrs. Stokes on the stair way leading to the apartment in company with Wallace, nn® FILES NUISANCE SUITS federal Ottorney at New York Moves To Enforce Volstead Dry Act NEW YORK. October' 18.—Unit ed States Attorney Hayward to day filed 54 injunction and com mon nuisance suits in the federal court under the Volstead act to close alleged wet saloons, cases, resturants and cabarets in this city. HARRELL LOSES SUIT IN HARD FOUGHT CASE CAIRO, Oct. 18.—A jury in the City Court of Cairo tonight return ed a vqrdict for the defendant in tjie ease of J. I. Harrell for $50,- 000 damages, after being eut only twenty minutes. H’arrell, a prominent farmer who resides in the northern part of Grady County, contended that Dr. Walker, a prominent local physi cian and surgeon failed to use the proper skill and care in per forming an operation on his leg more than two years ago, setting forth .that this failure to do so made it necessary for the limb to be amputated a few months after wards. The case was the hr i de-1 fought legal battle that has been witnessed here in many years. Sev eral prominent South Georgia at torneys being engaged., The trial began yesterday morning and the examination of witnesses was com pleted today. The arguments and the judge’s charge required all ot the alternodri and Jury retired shortly before 6 o’clock. The defense introduced a large number of witnesses, among them several of South Georgia’s most .prominent sip-geons. The plain tiff was under the care of sever al surgeons besides Dr. Walker at variqiis times during his illness. LOOTERS BUSY NOW IN FORSYTH FOKSYTh; Oct. 18.—Two or three stores and the postoffice were broken into early Tuesday Joot of the burglars consisted of money, silk hose, pistols and glash light. The burglars were traced towards Forsyth by B. F. Harrison, I owner of one of the stores burglar- ! ized, and about a mile from Boling broke Clyde Garrett and Jeff Hand, youths residing in one the mill settlements near Forsyth, were seen trying to bury something Investigation disclosed that they were trying to hide aJiout 300 pen- i nies that were secured in the urg-1 lary. Garrett and Hand were ar- ■ rested and lodged in the local jail. EVADE PAYING ROAD TAXES IS CHARGED MOULTRIE, Oct. 18—More i than 250 of the some 5,000 men in I Colquitt county subject to a road tax stand accused as defaulters and warrants are to be issued for them, it wan announced today at ' the otiice of the board of commis sioners. It was estimated that ! nearly half of those accused are 1 negroes who have gone to the big . industrial centers in the north and | east since last year when their names were entered on the hooks. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Matthews visited lelatives near Ellaville. Mr. Walter Diane, of Columbus wus the guest of relatives here, s fJUKLITTLEJDNN GRANTS RESTRAINING MIS SELLING Accused Schley County Planter Denies Allegations in Bill Os Enoinment HASN’T SOLD ANY COTTON This Is Claim of Defendant Told I Times-Recorder Over Tele phone t his Morning J. H. Stevens, prominent Ellaville business man, who is being suid by the Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co- Operative association for alleged breach of contract, today denied emphatically that he had sold any cotton of 1923 growth in violation of the l terms of his agreement with the cotton growers' association. In additoin, he added that he had not produced any cotton this season, and indicated that the basis upon which, the was filed is groundless. Further than this, Mr. Stevens de clined to discuss the suit, papers in which have already been served up ort him. PERMANENT INJUNCTION SOUGHT BY ASSOCIATION ATLANTA. October 18.—(Spec ial.) —The Georgia Cotton Grow ers Co-Operative association Tues day filed suit and petition for pre manent injunction against J. H. Stevens, of Ellaville, Ga., alleg ing that Stevens has not complied with the provisions of the contract of the association by failure to de liver his cotton to the co-operative A temporary restraining order forbidding Stevens to sell cotton on the outside of the association was granted Wednesday at Lumpkin by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn of the Southwest circuit, who is presiding over the sessions of the Stewart county Superior court this we ok: The restraining order was served on Stevens by R. E. Battle, sheriff of Schley county. Judge Littlejohn set November 17th as the date for hearing the petition of the association to make the injunction permanent. Mr. Stevens is one of the largest farmers in Southwest Georgia and one of Schleys most prominent citi zens. Besides farming operations in Schley county, he is engaged in the warehouse and cotton storage business at Ellaville. The association states that its ac tion followed Mr. Stevens’ failure and refusal to deliver his cotton. The association will be repre sented in this case by Aaron Sa piro, Bryan & Middlebrooks, of Atlanta, and J. H. Cheney, of Moul trie, but formerly of Ellaville. In announcing the action of the association against Stevens, offic ials of the association stated that three Cfcrroll county members, against whom injunctions were fil ed several days ago, have within the past few days, paid the liqui dated damages, court costs and at torneys’ fees. These members have also signed re-affirmation of their contracts and the association has withdrawn its suits against these members. PLANTING HOME TREES BRINGS LARGE PROFIT SPARTA, Oct. 16.—W. P. Be man planted a fety pecan trees around his home here about fifteen years ago. This fall he will gather and market at least fourteen hun dred pounds of large Stewart paper shell nuts. W. T. Macken, local granite and marble contractor who is a neighbor of Mr. Beman will market about the same amount. Each of these citizens will easily get pecans that will net them sl,- jO(H) each. MISS MARY GOOGE IS HURT IN WRECK ABBEVILLE, Oct. 18.—Mayor V.. R. Googe’s car was turned over on the Rochelle and Abbeville road . late this evening. His daughter I Miss Mary Googe, and three young ■ girl friends were outriding when the car hit a sand bed and turned turtle, throwing them all cut. Miss Pansey Loilis, Miss Opllle Smith | and Miss Fannie Lou Reid were 'in the car. Miss Lois was cwt on | the leg. The doctor had to take ; three stitches on the gash. The other girls sustained some cuts and bruises. The car, a Ford was dam aged, windshield and top being i torn completely up. PHILATHEA CLASS MEETING POSTPONED. I The business and social meeting of the Philathea class of the First Baptist Church that was to be held Friday night, has been postponed the date of which will be announc ed later. Mr. C. D. Moore, of New Yoork, spent several days here recently, WEATHE For GeoYgjte—Showers Jtonight tonight an# Friday, cooler in West Portion Friday. PRICE FIVE CENTS ARSON ffl ARRESTS FOLLOW FIREIN NEW YORK CITY IDIJPINGMDNDAYNIGHT I William Ford, Real Estate Bro ker, and His Son-In-Law Face Serious Charges . ANDERSON CONFESSES | Fire Marshal Brophy Obtains Confession From Man As r Arrests Are Made NEW YORK?Ort7 18.—A sensa tional aftermath of the fire which last Monday destroyed a Brooklye home and caused the death of six , persons, came today with the rr» 1 rest of William A. Ford, a real es tate 'broker, and his son-in-law ot one of the fire victims, and Ray mond Anderson, on a charge of ? murder and arson. / Fire Marshal Brophy declared . that he had obtained a confession I trom Anderson. j Ford is the son-in-law of Georgs Keim, playwright whose death in the fire came on the even of th* 1 production of his first play. They 1 had formerly been in the theatrical i ousiness together, bu tthere is savi’ to have been ill-feeling between tnem for some time. i DR. CALEB RIDLEY TO ILL TO APPEAR Case Against Imperial Kludd, Charged With Drunkenness, Postponed at Atlanta ATLANTA, October 18—Dr. Ca leb A. Ridley, imperial kludd of th* Ku Klux Klan and former pastor of the Central Baptist church of Atlanta, was reported as too ill to appear in police court this morn -1 ing to answer a charge of being drunk and operating an automobile • while drunk. His counsel appeared • for him and secured a postpone inent of the case until Saturday. S BORAH FAVORS ' TAX REDUCTIONS NEW YORK, October 18.—Sena tor Borah, of Idaho, in a confer ence in connection with prospective coal legislation, issued a statement favoring as drive at the coming ses sion of congress to reduce the na tion’s tax burden. He made it clear that his state ment did not refer to the tax re duction program being prepared by Secretary Mellon, but said that he favored heartily any plan which would relieve the burden. LIFE TERM METED OUT TO WIFEJMURDERER GRAY, Oct. 18.—Andrew Miller charged with the murder of his wife near naddock last May has been sentenced to life imprison ment by Judge James B. Park in Superior Court following a verdict of guilty, with recommendations wf mercy. The jury was out only ■ short time. Miller’s wife was apparently murdered in a brutal manner. Shs was lound at home after she had been dead for some hours from pistol wounds. Miller claimed that his wife had committed suicida. A pistol was found in the woman’s hand, which, it was claimed, Miller had placed to free himself of sus picion. The prosecution brought out that the wounds could not have been self inflicted, as the pistnl was pointed the wrong way. The state was represented by .Solicitor Campbell and Col. Joa Ben Jackson, and Attorney John son, Burgess and Andrews repre sented the defendant. It was brought out at the trial that Miller had been on bad terms with his wife and bloody finger prints were said to have beed found where he retired on the night of theniurder. Miller’s wife carried life insurance, it was brought out, and when he was ap prehended he had a large amount of money. Miller had been in jail here since May. His father is a well-to-.de negro, owning a large plantation near hre. * , ’ , RURAL SCHOOL TO BE DEDICATED FRIDAY QUITMAN. October 18—Eyes of the educational interests of Geor gia jnitt-be focused upon the little tqdraof Barney Friday, where the new model rural school, which has been held up bj| the state board of education as the highest type of school buildings, will be officially dedicated with an interesting STaub _ . j
